A Review of The Efficacy of Complementary and Alternative Medicines in Managing Dermatologic Infectious Diseases.

Promise Ufomadu, Bartley Joseph Gill, Ikue Shimizu, Ida Orengo, Theodore Rosen

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Article in The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Promise UfomaduMr. Ufomadu is with School of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

Bartley Joseph GillDr. Gill is with Baylor College of Medicine and Memorial Hermann Health Systems in Houston, Texas.

Ikue ShimizuDrs. Orengo, Rosen, and Shimizu are with the Department of Dermatology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

Ida OrengoDrs. Orengo, Rosen, and Shimizu are with the Department of Dermatology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

Theodore RosenDrs. Orengo, Rosen, and Shimizu are with the Department of Dermatology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

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Abstract

Dermatologic infections, particularly fungal and viral, are globally prevalent and often lead patients to seek complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs). This review critically evaluates 17 studies investigating CAM efficacy in treating dermatologic infectious diseases, focusing on those evaluated in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Tea tree oil shows modest benefit for fungal infections such as tinea pedis and onychomycosis, though studies are limited by poor blinding and dropout rates. For herpes simplex virus (HSV), propolis and

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botanicalComplementary and alternative medicinecondylomafungal infectionsherpes virusHSVonychomycosis

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PMID41647766

PMCPMC12871498

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